DSCC targets Burr with web ad
A spokesman with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee called this afternoon to say the group was launching a web ad against Republican Sen. Richard Burr.
To be clear: they're not investing in TV time yet. But it does signal that North Carolina's 2010 Senate campaign is going to draw the same kind of outside fire power as the 2008 Dole-Hagan race did.
"This signal that North Carolina is going to be one of our top, targeted races this cycle," said Eric Schultz, communications director for the DSCC.
It also seems to signal that although Burr thinks the story was much ado about nothing, campaign consultants for the Democrats plan to ride this thing as far as it will take them.
This is all the more interesting since the field of Democrats ready to run against Burr is limited.
The ad targets Burr's comments saying that he asked his wife to withdraw money from the bank during last year's banking crisis. Background: here and here.
Here's the video:
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